CF Industries, Trafigura and TFG Marine to facilitate adoption of marine ammonia fuel

Click to learn more. CF Industries,  Trafigura and TFG Marine will collaborate on market development, stakeholder engagement, and bunkering logistics planning for ammonia marine fuel. Source: CF Industries.

The trio plan to build on a series of already successful collaborations between CF Industries and Trafigura, including the shipment of low-carbon ammonia from the USA to Antwerp, a co-loaded ammonia/LPG voyage (also USA to Europe), and a ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia in Gibraltar in July 2024. Under the MoU, the partners will collaborate on market development, stakeholder engagement, and bunkering logistics planning, initially focused on the US Gulf Coast and northwest Europe.

We are pleased to collaborate with industry leaders such as Trafigura and TFG Marine to establish the supply chain necessary to meet the expected transition of the marine shipping industry to low-carbon ammonia as a fuel.

Bert Frost, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, CF Industries, in Trafigura’s official press release, 15 Jan 2026

This agreement brings together the critical components needed to advance low-carbon ammonia as a viable marine fuel…we are combining world-class production capabilities with our global logistics and bunkering network to support the maritime industry’s transition to cleaner fuels.

Patricio Norris, Global Head of Ammonia and LPG at Trafigura, in his organisation’s official press release, 15 Jan 2026

Our global bunkering infrastructure and operational expertise position us to play a key role in delivering low-carbon ammonia fuel solutions to the shipping industry. This collaboration with CF Industries and Trafigura enables us to develop the supply chain and logistics capabilities needed to make low-carbon ammonia bunkering a commercial reality for vessel operators worldwide.

Kenneth Dam, Executive Director of TFG Marine, in Trafigura’s official press release, 15 Jan 2026

As to the partners, CF Industries will leverage its low-carbon ammonia production and export capabilities at its Donaldsonville complex in Louisiana, USA, and Trafigura will contribute its “expertise in commodity logistics and market development”. TFG Marine is a “marine fuel supply and procurement joint venture” between Trafigura, Frontline, and marine ammonia fuel first-mover CMB.TECH. TFG aims to “support last-mile delivery solutions, coordinate ammonia bunkering demand, and transport ammonia to bunkering hubs globally”.